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Oily/Greasy Vomit?

Last night I "burped" up orange liquid that I really thought was just heartburn or something. When I went to wash it out of the sink it wouldn't wash away, and I know this sounds gross but I touched it and it had the consistency of melted butter that had re-hardened. Earlier I had eaten a piece of garlic bread but there was not much butter on it. After felt fine, went had dinner, woke up this morning felt nauseous... up comes a ton of that orange oily liquid same exact thing only a lot more.

The weird parts about this, I mentioned already the re-hardened melted butter consistency and it also DOES NOT burn my throat!! It has NO FOOD in it at all! Just liquid.

I don't know what this is or where its coming from its freaking me out!! Please help!
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Im a 20 year old female and I also deal with this problem. However it’s been happening since I was a kid, as long as I can remember. When I was about 10 it used to only happen when I ate noticeably greasy food. Like my moms greasy taco meat or the movie theater popcorn “butter”.
Now that I’m older It’s been happening more often. It’s happened about 5 times this week! And I  don’t really eat unhealthy either. In fact I’m a vegetarian, so I eat NO animal fats. However even small amounts of oil that you would use to fry a simple egg are affecting me. Is this a bigger problem I should probably talk to a doctor about?
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I am 15 and have the same issue, I'm not in the best shape and I eat terribly. I think it's just not being healthy, I plan on trying to not eat terrible but this quarantines been ruining my "workout schedule"
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Did you ever find out the answers for the orange, oily vomit?  I had this happen to me too.
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I am a 35 year old male and I have the exact same problem. After eating greasy food like things sauteed in butter or pizza, I will "burp" up large quantities of pure, crystal clear, orange grease. Nothing else, just grease that looks exactly like the stuff that pools on top of a pepperoni pizza. I, however, am not a healthy weight. I weigh in around 325 and have type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. Here is the kicker thought, My cholesterol is PERFECT. Bad is non existent and good is right where it should be. It's like my body has a filter on it and after the food has passed, the "bad" grease comes back up.
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Welcome to the gastroenterology community!  This is probably just some stomach bile, but if you continue vomiting I would recommend seeing a doctor about this.  Do you have any other signs of infection?
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